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Government outsourcing censorship to businesses doesn’t make it less wrong.

• sofixa 5y ago
  Was any government involved in any way here?
  • gassius 5y ago
    If the spokewoman that asked spotify to "do more" works in the White House, then yes
  • salawat 5y ago
    White House announced to Spotify that "more could be done" about Rogan. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/joe-rogan-spotify-covid-white-house-b2005488.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic...
• Dumblydorr 5y ago
  Do you believe censorship is wrong all cases? What about a biologist providing instructions on how to add lethal mutations to viruses? Or a physicist giving detailed instructions about how to construct dirty nuclear bombs? There is certain knowledge that is unsafe to be widely disseminated, would you be against the censorship of said content? I mention this because arguably, allowing covid to proliferate means thousands of deaths, long COVID syndrome, and potential for new mutations to arise. These misinformed hucksters are largely out to make their own names and make money, not to educate or because their carefully chosen speech is their "right". Should we allow any financially motivated snake oil salesmen to spew whatever trash he likes into our society, even if it kills one thousand people indirectly?
  • charlieyu1 5y ago
    You just gave two very poor examples. Anyone who have any ability to add lethal mutation are probably biologists anyway. And instructions to construct nuclear bombs are probably on somewhere on the Internet anyway, but I’m not going to worry at all, it is close to impossible to buy the raw materials without some sorts of licenses.